Just Because it's on the Internet . . .
Doesn't Mean it's free to useCITE IT
There are five parts of information on a website needed to correctly cite it as a source:
Author's name if available. (Last, First)
Title of website in italics. (Or in quotation marks if a newspaper, magazine, or encyclopedia article)
Date website was posted or last updated. (6/15/01)
URL (http://...) in brackets [ ].
Date the website was accessed. (10/2/01)
A correctly cited Internet source looks like the following:
Mattson, Debbie, Gab from the Lab, 1-14-03
[http://portfolio.iu.edu/dmattson/home.htm], 1-17-03Place your Internet resources in alphabetical order according to the author's last name. If there is no author, place them at the bottom of the list.
What you can't find all the "parts" on the website you are trying to cite?
Include as many parts as possible. There will always be two components to identify a website. Can you think of which two will always be available?To hear it from another source, check out the following websites:
Yahooligans - look at the General Rules for Form and then click on the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth grade hyperlink.
Consider the following:
If you use information you find on the Internet, you must say where you got the information. This means you are "citing it." Words AND pictures must be cited.
What's the difference:
- Cite
- Sight
- Site
Activity:
Go to the following websites. Using Microsoft Word, correctly cite the website. Don't forget to place the SPX three line header at the top of the page and right align it.
http://www.aaanet.org/resinet.htm
http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/just/death/